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Foreign Influence Transparency Act

USA118th CongressHR-1819| House 
| Updated: 3/28/2023
Joe Wilson

Joe Wilson

Republican Representative

South Carolina

Cosponsors (4)
John R. Carter (Republican)Rick W. Allen (Republican)David Rouzer (Republican)Brian Babin (Republican)

Judiciary Committee, Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Foreign Influence Transparency Act This bill addresses foreign influence in higher education and in certain other academic, religious, and artistic pursuits. Current law exempts from foreign agent registration requirements a person engaging in activities in furtherance of religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or of the fine arts. The bill specifies that this exemption applies only if those activities do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government. Under current law, an institution of higher education (IHE) must disclose to the Department of Education (ED) a gift or contract that is from a foreign source and is valued at $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with the foreign source within a calendar year. The bill lowers this disclosure threshold to $50,000. The bill also requires the IHE to include in its disclosure report the contents of any such contract and make the contents available for public inspection and copying. Additionally, an IHE that enters into an agreement with a Confucius Institute (i.e., a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government) must immediately make available the full text of the agreement to the public, ED, and Congress. Finally, the bill prohibits an IHE that does not comply with these disclosure requirements from enrolling foreign students under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-7063
Foreign Influence Transparency Act

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-1535
Foreign Influence Transparency Act
Mar 28, 2023
Introduced in House
Mar 28, 2023
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-7063
    Foreign Influence Transparency Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-1535
    Foreign Influence Transparency Act


  • March 28, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • March 28, 2023
    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Foreign Influence Transparency Act

USA118th CongressHR-1819| House 
| Updated: 3/28/2023
Foreign Influence Transparency Act This bill addresses foreign influence in higher education and in certain other academic, religious, and artistic pursuits. Current law exempts from foreign agent registration requirements a person engaging in activities in furtherance of religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or of the fine arts. The bill specifies that this exemption applies only if those activities do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government. Under current law, an institution of higher education (IHE) must disclose to the Department of Education (ED) a gift or contract that is from a foreign source and is valued at $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with the foreign source within a calendar year. The bill lowers this disclosure threshold to $50,000. The bill also requires the IHE to include in its disclosure report the contents of any such contract and make the contents available for public inspection and copying. Additionally, an IHE that enters into an agreement with a Confucius Institute (i.e., a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government) must immediately make available the full text of the agreement to the public, ED, and Congress. Finally, the bill prohibits an IHE that does not comply with these disclosure requirements from enrolling foreign students under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-7063
Foreign Influence Transparency Act

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-1535
Foreign Influence Transparency Act
Mar 28, 2023
Introduced in House
Mar 28, 2023
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-7063
    Foreign Influence Transparency Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-1535
    Foreign Influence Transparency Act


  • March 28, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • March 28, 2023
    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Joe Wilson

Joe Wilson

Republican Representative

South Carolina

Cosponsors (4)
John R. Carter (Republican)Rick W. Allen (Republican)David Rouzer (Republican)Brian Babin (Republican)

Judiciary Committee, Education and Workforce Committee

International Affairs

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted